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Xbox Summer Update Brings New Content, Cortana Integration

Beginning this summer, Xbox One and the Xbox app on Windows 10 will receive the first of two updates that will help gamers stay connected with friends on Xbox Live and enjoy more games across devices.
Cortana will come to Xbox One; the Xbox and Windows Stores will start to become a unified experience across devices; Microsoft will begin to introduce PC games with Game Hubs to Xbox Live, and more.

Expected to begin rolling out this week, the summer update will be released to a limited Xbox Preview audience for Xbox One, and in the coming weeks will start to be released to the Xbox app (beta) on Windows 10.

Here are some of the features that are expected to start rolling out to Xbox One Preview this week, and to the Xbox app (beta) in the coming weeks:

Xbox app (beta) on Windows 10

Edit and share GameDVR clips on any video editor: Create
gaming montage with your favorite video editor with clips
you recorded on either Xbox One or your PC. Once you?re finished
editing, you?ll be able to upload the clip back to Xbox Live through the
Xbox app.

Updated GameDVR management: You can now manage your
captures straight from your profile. This new destination allows you to
share, start your own uploads, and see progress in the queue.

60 fps game clip recording with the Game bar: Using
the new "Very High" video quality setting in the Xbox app, you will be
able to record your game clips in up to 60 frames per second (in
addition to 30 frames per second), all from the Game bar (Windows
+ G).

Share to Twitter from Xbox app: In the Xbox app,
you?ll be able to share game clips and screenshots from Xbox Live to
Twitter through the sharing options on each capture.

Xbox One and Xbox app

PC games show up on Xbox Live: Microsoft is bringing the top PC games like League of Legends and XCOM 2 together with the Xbox Live community. Meaning, favorite PC games
will have their own Game Hubs on Xbox Live. Whether you?re on your PC,
Xbox, or mobile phone, you?ll be able to see what PC games your friends
are playing, share your own PC gaming clips and screenshots with the
community, and message your friends on Xbox Live. On both Xbox One and
Windows 10 PCs, you?ll also be able to party chat with your friends no
matter what they?re doing.

Xbox and Windows Store unify: Microsoft is
working to combine the best of the Xbox Store and Windows Store . On Xbox
One, the company has streamlined the shopping experience to help you find the
games faster. You?ll be able to filter,
browse and search results by genre, read reviews written by fellow
gamers - including those voted "most helpful" by the Xbox Live
community,recognize what titles are on sale with strikethrough
pricing in lists, and more.Microsoft has also added several new channels to
help you discover the content you love faster. On the Windows
Store, Microsof tis adding support so gamers can browse and purchase bundles,
episodic games, season passes, virtual currency and other game add-ons
and DLC.

More personal Activity Feed: Being able to choose
what?s posted to your Activity Feed across Xbox One and the Xbox app has been a requested feature. With the new settings, you can now decide
what will get automatically shared to your feed. You can now also craft
the perfect Activity Feed posts. At the top of your Activity Feed,
easily access and choose from recently unlocked achievements and
captures, preview what your post would look like, and then share gaming moments.

Xbox One

Cortana on Xbox One: Cortana is coming to Preview
in the U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain first, and gamers
can expect a familiar Cortana experience found on other Windows 10
devices. Cortana voice commands on Xbox One will work with both headsets
and Kinect. You?ll be able to use Cortana to find new games, see
what your friends are up to, start a party, accomplish common tasks,
turn on your Xbox One if you?re using Kinect, and more.

New Game Collection: Microsoft is updating the Game
Collection interface to make it faster and easier to find and launch the
games you?re looking for. Now you?ll be able to see more of your Game
Collection, access your own 'Ready to Install' tab, and get more
information about titles in your queue.